13-May-2024
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The OECD DAC measures and monitors development finance targeting climate change objectives using two Rio markers: Climate Change Mitigation and Climate Change Adaptation.
19-February-2024
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Read what OECD bloggers have to say about topics as varied as air pollution, biodiversity, climate, environmental policies, gender, green finance, green growth, investment, ocean, waste, water and more. Our latest blog: Charting climate action through data insights!
6-December-2022
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This blog looks at the extent to which individuals prioritise the environment over the state of the economy or vice versa and how this relates to individuals’ exposure to extreme weather events or negative labour market conditions.
2-September-2022
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Traditional economic assessments tend to restrict the value of water to its price, whereas water values are multifaceted. Although extreme heat, droughts, and floods have been recurrent in recent years, weather patterns this summer have reached unprecedented limits.
23-December-2021
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Annual plastics production has more than doubled in the last two decades.
22-October-2021
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During the last few decades, the frequency and intensity of natural hazard-induced disasters affecting agriculture have increased dramatically, largely due to climate change. This blog explores the need to transform agricultural and related policies to move from coping to a resilience approach.
14-June-2021
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This blog highlights some personal reflections by Heather Plumpton, Walker Institute, on the recent OECD workshop on approaches to reduce and manage the risks of losses and damages from climate change. Heather highlights how the workshop questioned some of the core concepts and assumptions upon which adaptation research and policy rest.
7-June-2021
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This blog highlights the ways in which climate change will exacerbate the pressures on coastal areas and provides three areas for urgent policy action.
29-avril-2021
Français
Ce blog traite de l'exposition du secteur financier aux risques climatiques physiques et définit trois priorités sur la manière dont la finance durable peut soutenir les efforts visant à renforcer la résilience au changement climatique.
27-April-2021
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This blog highlights how large-scale modelling can shed light on the detailed interactions between economic activity and materials use, and how policies can change those links to ensure a more circular future where economic growth does not have to mean increased materials use.